RAM - Overclocking?

[Hi P]

My DIMM is supposed to be 2666 Mhz, but BIOS shows it running at 2133 Mhz.

 

Do I have to change voltage and all that to make it hit near 2666 Mhz?

 

or since that's the base speed I just change the frequency in BIOS and call it a day?

 

Thank you

[Speed Weed]

Enable XMP? 

[That_PC_Kid]

Just now, Speed Weed said:

Enable XMP? 

OP, make sure to enable the XMP profile in the BIOS. This should make the RAM run at the advertised speeds.

[Hi P]

I wasn't aware of such feature, so I enable it and that's it?

[r2724r16]

Just now, Hi P said:

I wasn't aware of such feature, so I enable it and that's it?

Yes, but it's not always guaranteed to work (in which case you'll have to manually OC your RAM to its rated speeds).

[Speed Weed]

1 minute ago, Hi P said:

I wasn't aware of such feature, so I enable it and that's it?

Yeah. Enable XMP. 

[Hi P]

15 minutes ago, Speed Weed said:

Yeah. Enable XMP. 

It worked!

 

Thank you guys

 

I don't know if it's a placebo effect, but I feel stuff is loading slightly faster, I thought RAM speed only affected FPS in games

[Un1verses]

18 minutes ago, Hi P said:

It worked!

 

Thank you guys

 

I don't know if it's a placebo effect, but I feel stuff is loading slightly faster, I thought RAM speed only affected FPS in games

all programs use ram, the faster the ram the faster it loads and performs.